Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-29
ROCK ISLAND, FRIDAY. JULY 90, 1887,
WOMAN AND HOME.
BE CAREFUL OF THE CHILDREN
DURING THE WARM WEATHER.

BE careful about taking the children out
during the warm weather. See that they are
properly clad in keeping with the weather,
not alone their bodies, for most mothers pay
attention to these, but take care of their
heads. Avoid taking the little ones out when
the sun is high, more especially at the noon
hour when there is little shade anywhere:
but if you will take them ont at such times.
be sure and have hats for them that will shade
their faces. The broader the brim the better
they will be for the children During the
summer the most sensible and most comforta-
BILE hat boy or girl can wear, for best or
everyday, is a broad brimed straw 1t is the
most suitable and the prettiest hat child can
have, and looks well on any child, either big
Or little. Most children who are old enough
to attend school are provided with this style
of head covering, but the little ones who are
at home all the time, going out only occa-
slonally, are those who generally suffer for
want of it. When they are taken out for an
airing Tor roasting would more properly ap-
ply here, it is with the lace bonnet, fez or
straw Tom O'Shanter on their heads
The mother of these children would be
Mortified if the little ones went out in the sun
bareheaded They would be positive that the
children would be sunstruck; yet they will
take them out with such covering as the above
on their heads, which is Just the least bit
better than nothing, during the hottest part
of the day and never think of such thing as
sunStroke. They would not 90 the shortest
distance themselves in the sun without
parasol to shield them. 1t is astonishing how
many women and children of this kind can
ha in nF he, ,,f
warm days. The women under large lace
parasois looking as cool as though they were
in the coolest place imaginable, and the chill
dren with fezes or Tam O'Shanter on the backs
of their heads, and the sun beating down on
the front, looking hot and uncomfortable,
with the perspiration trucking down their
faces. The women are, TO all appearances,
perfectly obvious of the children's dscom-
future, though how they can be so is a mys-
terry to most people 1t must be that they do
not give it a thought, or if they did, they
would not surely see the children suffer in this
way without trying, at least, to remedy it.
The straw Tam OShanter hat is one of the
prettest style of hats for very little boys,
and any child when dressed neatly looks well
III it. 1t has a jaunty, careless effect when
perebed on the back of the head, and is a
particularly cool affair when worn in the
shade but when worn iii the sun it is the
most uncomfortable headcovering that can
he used. Few women will go out at the noon
hour, unless 1t Is actually necessary that they
should. with only small bonnet on their
heads, and walk any distance, probably
street or two, without going home with
headache that 1t will take a good nights rest
to relieve Yet the little ones are made To
walk, or half run, for few women accommo-
date their steps to the children's, under the
tiercest sun without n murrnur. When they
arrive home they are peeeish and irritable,
and the mothers wonder what is the matter
with them, never thinking that their chill
dren's little heads may throb and ache as
much, if not more, than theirs would were
they treated in the same mauaer. Very often
child, after being out with the mother, is
feverish and restless during the uight, So
much so as to alarm the parents The moth
er looks around for the cause He can't
have caught cold; don't know what cali
have caused it, " she says, puzzled, Il know
he wasn't in any dTaughts, for kept in
the sun most of the time
1t does not occur to either parent that he
may be prostrated by the sun Oh, no; he
has a cold, they are certain about that and
they doctor him accordingly. He is dosed and
overheated, when the one thing he requires is
rest aud the least little draught, which NAV
he only the opening of door, may bring on a
disease from which 1t will take him long
time to recover A little forethougIt on the
part OF the mother might Il We spared the
child a great deal of suffering. and both pa
rents Il great 'leal of anxiety and worriment
Ii some one should suggest to its mother that
1t was the effect Of being so much under the
rays of the sun, She wouid say "Why, no;
that couldn't be, for he never complained
while out i'll the heat; he was well enough
until tine evening" just as though any child
would complain while Oh the street The ex-
citement of the different people and things he
meets cOnfuses the little one to such an ex-
tent that, no matter how i'll he NAV be, he
will not complain, but after the excitement
subsiies and he is at home, then there is no
need for complaint; his actions are enough
1t Is strange that the mother, who tries in
every way TO shield the child from every lit
tie draught, is the very one who will take him
on monday jaunt, and would be surprised
to think that that would hurt him Boston
Budget.